Sport Fish Survey Schedule

As part of the spring sport fish survey, fish collected by TVA crew members are weighed, measured, and released unharmed.

TVA will conduct the 2014 survey from March 11 through May 1.

The results of the survey, which employs a boat-mounted electrofishing technique, are used by state agencies to protect and improve sport fisheries. TVA biologists use electrofishing equipment to sample fish at selected locations. In that process an electric current is used to temporarily stun the fish so they float to the top. They’re collected with nets, counted, weighed, measured, and released unharmed.